When Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban street in the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an emptied bank account and a lot of questions. How could Phil leave her penniless? What was he going to do with the money? And, most of all, who was he if he wasn’t the man she thought she married?
Jerry Hobart has some questions of his own. It’s none of his business why he was hired to kill Phil Kramer. But now that he’s been ordered to take out Kramer’s widow, he figures there’s a bigger secret at work—and maybe a bigger payoff.
As they race to find the secret that Phil Kramer so masterfully hid, both Hobart and Emily must question where their true loyalties lie and how much they owe those who have been unfaithful to them. In Fidelity, Thomas Perry delivers another riveting thriller.
Pretty Good (Rating 4 of 5)
» Reader
I really enjoyed this book. I listened to the unabridged audio version. I was so glad there were no police or FBI involved. Practically every suspense novel involves them. This story was original and held my interest. I recommend it
Wonderful (Rating 5 of 5)
» Straight Shooter
I am an avid reader of Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford, Harlan Cobin, Vince Flynn, and I have run out of titles to read. Stumbled on this book hoping it was that genre. Loved it. I felt as though i was rushing through the day to get back to the book. I see a few other readers say it is not his best book - well, then I can't wait to get a hold of the others. The writing is just spectacular. How he was able to create two malignant narcissist types, make them different, and make at least one of them sympathetic is knocked me out. You know those phrases like "weaves a compelling tale which you must follow?" It is true here. I have not met any of these characters anywhere else and I never knew what each would do next
Gag me with a spoon (Rating 1 of 5)
» e. verrillo
I honestly don't know why I bothered finishing this book. It started collapsing in the first chapter. Perry was absolutely committed to destroying the plot, assassinating the credibility of his characters, and giving prose a bad name. According to one reviewer Perry is a master of the "runaway narrative." I'd say that just about sums it up. I'd run away from this one as fast as your feet can take you
I had to look back to see if this was the same author I used to like! (Rating 2 of 5)
» D. Horbury
This was a really bad book. I would not recommend it to anyone unless someone gives it to you for free.
I skipped over huge portions of it because it was so boring. The characters were underdeveloped, shallow, and there was certainly no suspence.
Worst of all, the reader is suppose to feel sorry for the killer and be happy that he could live happily ever after with just a little remorse for a robbery, but nothing for the murders he cold-bloodly committed. How absurd!
preposterous plot (Rating 1 of 5)
» Frank Frost
I've read everything Tom Perry has written since the inaugural Butcher's Boy and I keep reading him because of his clever writing style and his careful grasp of the procedural, whether the procedure is hiding people or finding people or just killing them expertly. But the final mystery of Fidelity, once revealed, is so preposterous that I almost stopped reading. We are expected to believe that skilled private eye Kramer was hired by a rich psycho to find and return his runaway "daughter" and that Kramer never bothered to confirm that his client actually had a daughter, never consulted other law enforcement for leads, and when he found the "daughter," failed to discover that she was actually an underage girl his client had been bonking. Perry gives the impression of having lost his way in the plot and going to desperate measures to tie up loose ends
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